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Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Maori
Curved bone pendant, broken at the suspension hole.
Unfinished club-shaped stone tool, unclear whether it is an adze or patu. Surface is heavily flaked, especially around the edges. Rounded blade. Tapers toward the butt. Relatively straight along one side.
Complete Asymmetrical cross-section. Front of adze is bruised with minimal flake scarring, and back of adze is also bruised with flake scarring. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated with ridge - though hard to tell has adze is quite rough. Cutting edge is on an angle and very blunt.
Complete Plano-convex (front flattened) cross-section. Front of adze is very flat and bruised. Back of adze is also bruised but with more distinct flake scarring. No differentiation between blade and butt, however butt portion tapers in towards the poll. Bevel has a ridge due to flake scarring. Cutting edge is slightly rounded and blunt/jagged.
Complete Asymmetrical cross-section. Front of adze is bruised with flake scars. Back of adze is also bruised with flake scars. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is rounded and is slightly sharp with chips present.
Complete Plano-convex (front flattened) cross-section. Front of adze (brown/reddish) in colour) has bruising with flake scars around outer edges. Back of adze is also bruised with distinct flake scars. No differentiation between butt and blade, however butt portion tapers in slightly towards the poll. Bevel is demarcated with ridge. Cutting edge is irregular in shape and very blunt.
Incomplete Plano-convex (back flattened) cross-section at poll portion. Front of adze has bruising and back of adze has distinct flake scars. No differentiation between blade and butt as only butt potion is present. Blade has broke off adze. No bevel is present.
Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove
Complete sinker with shallow lashing groove.
Partial sinker with deep transverse lashing groove
Shank fragment has base and internal shank remaining.
Mostly complete shank, but broken at lower end. Internal and external knobs at head. Internal notches on upper shank.
Fishhook point broken at base. Fishhook has an incurved point.
Broken fishhook tab. Partially manufactured hook.
Shank broken at head. Internal knob at head remaining.
Broken, curved shank with the base and shank remaining but the head is missing. It has interior notches all along the shank.
Partially manufactured fishhook